The state of quantum computing applications in health and medicine

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Medicine, including fields in healthcare and life sciences, has seen a flurry of quantum-related activities and experiments in the last few years (although biology and quantum theory have arguably been entangled ever since Schr\"odinger's cat).

• The initial focus was on biochemical and computational biology problems; recently, however, clinical and medical quantum solutions have drawn increasing interest.
• The rapid emergence of quantum computing in health and medicine necessitates a mapping of the landscape.
• In this review, clinical and medical proof-of-concept quantum computing applications are outlined and put into perspective.